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When a prominent person in their 40s dies and there's no information released as to the cause of death, it's always a challenge not to make assumptions.
by ed25519FUUU 6y ago
When a prominent person in their 40s dies and there's no information released as to the cause of death, it's always a challenge not to make assumptions.
- sneak 6y agoI've never understood or been able to relate to the seemingly common intense curiosity as to cause-of-death. Is it related to the desire to fit names we know into a narrative structure that lets us reason about them as entities? It seems like an irrelevant detail, to me personally.
- MrMcDowall 6y agoThe desire to know is usually in proportion to the unexpectedness. Perhaps its an evolutionary curiosity (Avoid how they died)?
- jamesrcole 6y agoI think it's likely just part of human nature. When something bad or tragic happens, we want to know what happened and why. It seems plausible that there's an evolutionary explanation for it, to do with learning how to avoid such happenings.
- onetimemanytime 6y agoHuman nature. If your child is late from a party, say, the mind wonders and eventually thinks the worst.
- praveenperera 6y agoI think it’s human nature. I have it intensely and not sure why. Maybe a desire to make it make sense in your head somehow?
- stickfigure 6y agoWhy is it hard to understand? Two days ago, a cousin (who I only barely know because we connected on facebook, genealogically) informed me that her father - my mother's brother - had passed. My mom's first question was "any particulars?" It's natural to want to know what happened, and it's not shameful to be curious.
- meddlepal 6y agoSometimes it's just fun to speculate.
- djmips 6y agoFor some, it comes from wanting to avoid death. The desire to add it to your database of how death happens in order to know your enemy. I'm not arguing this is following a scientific principle. This is more emotional.
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- jrpt 6y agoWhat would the assumption be? Honestly I have no idea what you’re implying.
- mattm 6y agoI would guess suicide is what the poster is implying.
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- oh_sigh 6y agoOkay - so is your implication that he is some kind of failure if he struggled with depression and committed suicide?
- nkingsy 6y agoPossibly a fire? Take it with a few grains of salt. https://mobile.twitter.com/VitalVegas/status/1332560969747238912?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet https://mobile.twitter.com/VitalVegas/status/133256096974723...
- e0 6y agoI did not find it hard to not make assumptions. Perhaps it's your approach to life that needs examining?